Recording an event

The Axon Body camera has two operating modes. The default mode, or BUFFERING mode, provides pre-event buffering to capture activities that occur before you activate the EVENT (recording) mode.

Turn the system on. Move the ON/OFF switch to the ON position.

The camera takes a few seconds to boot up and be ready to record (the red area under the switch will be exposed with the switch moved to the ON position).

The operation LED will be solid red and then transition to blinking green when the system goes into BUFFERING mode.

The Axon Body camera will go into BUFFERING mode after the boot up sequence. The BUFFERING mode holds the previous 30 seconds of video [NO AUDIO] leading up to the beginning of a recording.

To record, quickly double-press the EVENT button.

The camera now records audio as well as video.

The camera will beep twice to let you know that recording has started. The 2 beeps will repeat every 2 minutes (if the system is muted, there will be no audio notifications).

The operation LED will blink red.

To stop recording and return to BUFFERING mode, press and hold the EVENT button for at least 3 seconds until there is a long, audible beep.

Because the system does not capture audio in BUFFERING mode, the first 30 seconds of a recorded event will be video-only (depending on your agency’s settings). BUFFERING mode starts only after the camera is turned on. The system does not record when the Axon Body camera is turned off.